Safety attachment for pockets.



PATENTED APR. 21, 1'9Q8.

, J. FBLSENSTI-Im. "SAFETY ATTACHMENT FUR PocKBTs.

lNo. 885,235.

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JACOB FELSENSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR POCKETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Application filed August 21, 1907. Serial N o. 389,430.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JACOB FELsENsTErN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Attachmentsfor Pockets, of which the following is a specification. l

My invention relates to improvements in safety attachments for pockets,and it consists in the constructions, combinations and arrangementsherein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide an improved safety device whichwill securely prevent the surreptitious removal of articles from apocket, and which can be readily secured or released by the wearer.

A further obj ect of my invention is to provide a safety device, whichcan be entirely concealed within the pocket, and which is provided witha detachable locking means protected from the public.

In the accom anying drawings, forming a part of this app ication, andinwhich similar reference symbols indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views-Figure 1 is a fragmentary View, illustrating a portion ofthe .material of a garment provided with any usual form of pocket withone embodiment of my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a sectionalview on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,' Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1,with a portion of the material of the garment and pocket torn, to show apartial view of the interior of the pocket; Fig. 4 is a front view ofone form of strap employed in my invention; and Fig. 5

1s a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating a slightV modification aportion of the material of the garment being broken away for clearness.

Referring especially to Figs. 1 4, 1 indicates the material of any usualgarment provided with a pocket 2. A strap 8 is secured to the interiorof the pocket, as by stitching 4, in position to extend across saidpocket and through an opening 5 in the garment. I have shown such strapso secured at a slight distance from the edge of the pocket; thisprovides a very efficient construction by which any hand surreptitiouslyinserted past the ed e of the pocket Will be naturally guided etween thestrap and the wall of the pocket to which it is attached, thereby se- Ycurely preventing further entrance of the hand and giving due notice totheEf-wearer of the garment.

The strap is preferably tapered and can be formed of any desiredmaterial, such as cloth,

leather, or vsuitable fabric, but I prefer to form it of material whichcannot be easily cut, or otherwise destroyed'. For this puri pose, Iprefer to form the strap of woven metal fabric, or of a thin sheet ofsuitable metal, such as aluminum; a thin aluminum strap has theadvantages of adaptability for ready insertion or withdrawal through theopening 5 in the garment, it possesses some flexibilit ,and it canbereadily rovidedwith permitting attac ment to the openings for' pocket.

Fig. 4 illustrates a satisfactory form of strap, in which woven fabric 8of fine steel wire carries a leather tab 9 to provide convenient meansfor stitching it to the pocket.

Any suitable means, such as buttons, clasps, or buckles, can be providedfor detachably securing the free end of the strap to the inside of thegarment. I have shown for this purpose a common form of snap fastener,in which the ball member 6 and socket member 7 of the clasp are secured,respectively, to the inside of the garment and the free ends of thestrap 3.

Fig. 5 illustrates a slight modification in which the strap 10 is formedof suflicient size to extend across a substantial portion of the widthof the pocket, and provided with a plurality of yextensions 11 arrangedto extend through independent openings 12, or a common opening ofsuflicient width, in the garment. This modification is attached andsecured in place in a manner exactly similar to that shown in thepreceding figures, and need not be further described.

I have illustrated preferred and satisfactory constructions, but,obviously, changes could be made within the spirit and scope of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a garment provided with apocket, the combination of a strap of flexible material secured at oneend to the interior of said pocket at a distance from the edge of thelatter, a plurality of extensions carried by the free end of said strapfor extending through openings in the garment, and means for detachablysecuring said extensions to the inside of the garment, substantially asdescribed.

2. ln a garment provided with' a pocket, curing said extensions to theinside of the gar- 10 the combination of-a strap of flexible materielnient, substantially as described. secured at one end to the interior ofsaid In testimony whereof I 'alix my signature pockelt a'tfa distaleeromhe edge of thediatin presence of two Witnesses. ter, tie ree en o saistra exten ing y s Tv l substantially to the edge of said pocket, :LJAC/OB BELSLNHN' fiexibie extension carried by the free end ofWitnesses: said strep for extending through an opening A. STERN, in thegarment, and means for detaehabiy se- S. FRIEDMAN.

